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I'. HAMACHEK. HARVESTER.

APPLIOATION FILED BEPT.22.1QO4.

PATENTED AUG. 7, 1906.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 7, 1906:.

Application filed September 22, 1.904. Serial lo. 2217x409.

To alt wher/t it may concern:

Be it known that l, FRANK HAMACHEK, residing in Kewaunee, in the countyof Kewaunee and State of Wisconsin, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Harvesters, of which the following is a description,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which are a part ofthis specification.

This invention relates to harvesters, an has for its object to providecertain new improvements in the construction thereof, either in themachines themselves or by attachments thereto, whereby they may be mademore efficient for harvesting lodged grain or.vine crops.

A further object of this invention is to provide for operating suitableconveyer-fingers in such a machine, together with clearingwheels vforrelieving the conveyer guard-fingers of the cut material and withoutinterfering with the tilting or raising of the cutterbar in the usualmanner.

Another object of the invention is to provide means for delivering thecut material to the side of the machine either in a continuous windrowor in compact piles.

A further object of this invention is to provide means for lifting suchdelivering means out of its operative position to permit of turning themachine and for other purposes.

l/Vith the above objects in view the invention consists in the harvesteror attachments,

the parts thereof, and the combinations of parts and their equivalents,as hereinafter set forth.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like characters ofreference indicate the same parts in the several views, Figure 1 is aplan view of a portion of a harvester provided with attachmentsembodying the present invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof,parts being sectioned to better illustrate the construction. Fig. 3 is aplan view of a portion of a clearing-rod and its rear support. Fig. 4 isa side elevation thereof. Fig. 5 is a sectional elevation of thecutterbar shaft and its operating means, and Fig. 6 is an end elevationof such operating means with parts sectioned on the line 6 6 of Fig. 5.

In the drawings, 10 represents the framework of an ordinarymowing-machine, 11 beof the traction-wheels thereof, and 12 ing onebeing the finger-bar of the cutting mechanism, pivotally mounted on theframework 10 at 13 in the ordinary manner. The fingerl bar 12 isprovided with the usual means for causing it to tilt or swing upwardlyslightly on the pivot 13 in order to raise the cutting mechanism fromthe ground and permit the machine to turn and to be carried over fieldswhere it is not desired to produce the cutting operation; but thismechanism is not shown in the drawings, as it is of ordinaryconstruction and does not constitute a part of the present invention,and its presence would only serve to obscure the new features of thisinvention. y 1

Mounted upon the finger-bar 12 of the cutting mechanism at desireddistances apart are a series of conveyer-fingers 14, and each comprisesa body portion in the form of a guard-finger with means for mounting anendless conveyer-chain 15, so as to travel in an incline from the frontend of the body portion to one of a number of sprocket-wheels 16 on aconveyer-shaft 17 which is `iournaled lengthwise of the finger-bar 12 insuitable bearings 18. Between the conveyer guardfingers 14 are alsosecured to the finger-bar 12 a number of regularly-spaced guard-fingers19 of any approved type.

The conveyer-chains 15 are provided with outwardly extending engagingspurs 20, which serve to catch into the grain or vines which have beenraised by the inclined surface of the front end of the body portion 14and forcibly lift and carry them to the rear, where they are removedfrom the chain conveyers by clearing-wheels 21, which are also mountedon the shaft 17 and are provided with pairs of radially-extendingfingers 22 to lift the material from the chains and discharge it in therear of the cutting mechanism. The clearing-wheels 22 are arrangedbetween each pair of the guard-fingers, so as to clear the grain andvines from the intermediate guardfingers 19, as well as from theconveyer guardfingers 14. I y

The shaft 17 is preferably tubular in order to be as light as possibleand is journaled at its two ends by means of solid plugs or bosses 23,tightly fitting therein and which have reduced shank portions 24, whichpass through larger-sized openings through the `bearing-posts 18 andreceive free bearing therein by means of antifriction-rollers 25,surrounding them. A pinion 26 is threaded lupon the projecting end ofshank 24 and l meshes with a gear-wheel 27, formed integral on a hub 28with a sprocket-wheel 29. The hub 28 is journaled, with interposed anti-IOO ITO

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fricion-rollers 30, upon a crank-pin 31, carried by a crank 32, which ismounted on a rock-shaft 33, said rock-shaft being journaled in axialalinement with the shaft 17 in a suitable bracket-bearing 34, which isrigidly secured to the finger-bar 12 by means of bolts 35. Therock-shaft 33 is prevented from longitudinal movements in the bearing 34by means of a collar 36, fixed thereon by a set-screw 37 and confinedwithin a slot 38 of the bearing 34.

The crank-pin 31 is secured to the crankarm 32 by having a reduced endpassed through an opening in the upper end of the crank-arm 32 and heldthere by means of a cotter-pin 39, one member of the forked end of alever 40 being held upon the reduced end of the crank-pin 31 between thecrank-arm 32 and the cotter-pin 39. The other end of the crank-pin 31 isalso reduced and similarly receives the other member of the forked endof lever 40, holding it by another cotterpin 39, passed through thereduced end of the.

crank-pin. The. lever 40 at its other end is pivotally mounted upon thedrive-shaft 41 of the mowing-machine, which receives its motion from thetraction-wheel 11, and a large sprocket-wheel 42, carried by said shaft,drives the sprocket-wheel 29 by means of a chain 43, traveling` aroundthem both.

The lever 40 is provided at its middle portion` with a turnbuckle 44, bywhich the chain 43 may be tightened, the lengthening of the vlever 40,produced by turningthe turnbuckle, causing the crank-arm 32 to move thesprocket-wheel 29 farther away from the drive-shaft 41 by turning therock-shaft 33 in its bearing 34. A further obj ect of the lever 40 is topermit of the gearing of the conveyer-shaft 17 with the drive-shaft andstill permit of the tilting or raising of the cutterbar.

By removing the cotter-pin 45, which couples the sprocket-wheel 42 tothe drive-shaft 41, the sprocket-wheel 42 may be uncoupled from thedrive-shaft 41, so as to permit the shaft to turn freely therein withoutdriving the conveyer-shaft 17.

In order to partially counterbalance the weight of the cuttingmechanism, a heavy coil-spring 46 has one end pivotally connected, bymeans of a yoke 47, with an arm 48, which is secured by a bolt 49 to thebracket 34, carried by the cutter-bar, and its other end is carriedupwardly and is connected by a rod 50, havino' an eye 51 to engage astandard 52, mounted on the draft-bar 53 of The eye of rod 50 is fittedup'on a boss on the top of the standard 52 and bears on a shouldertherebeneath, while the longer portion of the rod 50 continuesbeyond thestandard 51 to connect, by means of its hooked end 54, with a ring 55,surrounding the tube 56 of the mower-frame which carries crankdisk-shaft.

The spring 46 being a contractible spring under a considerable tensionhas the tendency to lift the finger-bar 12 upon its pivotal connection13, and thus render the tilting operation of the cutting mechanism mucheasier than if the entire weight of the cutting mechanism were requiredto be raised by the operator. The connection of the spring 46 to thestandard 52 without the support it receives by the connection of the rod5() with the spring 55 would exert a twisting tendency upon the draw-bar53 and the'standard 52 liable to loosen them in time 3 but this isobviated by the said connection of the rod 50 with the ring 55 on theopposite side of the standard 52 from the spring 46.

At the extreme outer end of the finger-bar 12 is an angular bracket 57,to which is pivoted a horizontally-arranged guide-board 58, standingvertically on its edge and extending at an angle to the direction oftravel of" the machine. Secured to the guide-board 58 just inside of theusual divider 59, carried bythe cutter-bar, is a trundle-wheel 60,bearingzon the ground and supporting the end of thecutter-bar at theproper distance from' fthe ground. The trundle'wheel or roller 60'y is'carried on a suitable bracket 60 on the; guide-board and is held in sucha position that it constitutes a pivotal support for thejy cutting anddelivery mechanism, approxi-fv mately counterbalancing them when theleading-rods are supporting 'cut material.

A rearwardly-extending bracket 61 is secured by a clamp 62 to thetubular driveshaft casing 63 of the mower-framework, and from saidbracket 61 extends an angular arm 64, having a pivotal boss 65, uponwhich is slidingly and pivotally mounted the lupper end of an inclinedtrailing or `drag' barif66, which is provided with a vertical elongatedslot 67 in its upper end to receive the pivotal boss 65 and permit ofthe vertical sliding connection,.as well as the pivotalconnection, forthe drag-bar 66. The rear end of the drag-bar 66 is bent to a horizontalposition and is adapted to bear upon the .ground in the rear of themower-frame, and at its back end it is secured to the rear end of theguideboard 58 to support said guide-board in its angular position to thedirection of draft. The connection of the drag-bar 66 with themower-frame being such as to permit of a vertical play between themenables the dragbar 66 to always rest upon the ground notwithstandingirregularities in the surface thereof.

The drag-bar 66 at its inclined portion is provided with a bracket 68,to which is pivoted at 69 a V-shaped side frame 70, preferably formed ofstrap metal, with a brace 71 connecting the two members thereof, whileto the guide-board 58, in alinement with the axis of the pivot 69, issecured abracket 72, to which is pivoted a somewhat similar side IOOframe 7 3; but the upper member thereof is at a greater incline than theupper member of the side frame and continues in a horizontal portion 74,which is connected by a rod with the upper member of the side frame 70.

The side frame 73 carries an extensionboard 76 to rest upon the upperedge of the rear end of the guide-board 58, when the side frame 7 3 isin its lower position, and between the two side frames 70 and 73 andsecured to 4the rod 75 is the sheet-metal end plate 77,

extending down to the level of the upper surface of the drag-bar 66 andforming, with the extension-board 76 and the two pivoted side fra1nesaswinging gate open on one side, but closed on the other side and in therear. A brace 78 connects the upper member of the side frame 7() withthe rod 75 to make the gate more rigid and preserve its proper shape.

Near the rear end of the bracket 61 is a bearing 79, in which isournaled a crank-lever 80, bent to form a foothold 81 on the forward endand connected, by means of a link 82, at the rear end to the upper endof bracket 68 on the drag-bar 66, so that when the said crank-lever isdepressed by the foot of the operator the deflector-frame, formed by thedrag-bar 66 and the guide-board 58, is raised upon its two pivotalconnections with the bracket 57 and with the arm 64. These pivotalconnections are not in axial alinement, but the play of the slot 67 ofthe drag-bar 66 on the pivotal boss 65 will allow for such irregularityand permit the deflector-frame to be raised slightly, sufficient toremove its parts from the ground and allow of turning the machine. Toassist in this lifting operation, the crank-lever is connected near itsfront end with one end of a coil-spring 83, the other end of which isconnected to a laterally-extending lug 84 on the drag-bar 66, andthisspring serves the double purpose of assisting the crank-lever 8O to bedepressed and the dragbar 66 to rise.

On the extreme rear end of the bracket 61 is another bearing 85, inwhich is also journaled a crank-lever 86, whose front end is bent toform a foothold 87, extending close to and parallel with the foothold 81of the crank-lever 8O for raising the deiiector-frame but the foothold87 is somewhat longer than the foothold 81 and is therefore adapted tobe operated singly, while the foothold 81 is best adapted to be operatedin conjunction with the foothold 87. The rear end of the cranklever 86is connected by a link 88 to the brace 71 of the side frame 70, and bythis means when the crank-lever 86 is operated the endgate is. swungupon the pivotal connections of its side frames and raised out of itsnormal position for a purpose to be later described. To assist in thisoperation, a coil-spring 89, parallel to the coil-spring 83, connectsthe foothold 87 to the llug 84 on the drag-bar 66,

and thus partially counterbalances the weight of the end-gate.

It will be noted that the initial direction of pull exerted by thecrank-levers 8O and 86 upon the deflector-frame and the end-gate,respectively, by means of their links 82 and 88 is nearer tangential tothe arc of swing of these parts than the direction of pull at thecompletion of such movements, and consequently the leverage of thecrank-levers 8O and 86 is greater at the beginning. This is a desirablefeature, because the greatest resistance met with in producing suchmovements is at the beginning, when the inertia of the parts has to beovercome.

Secured to the finger-bar in any desirable manner, and preferablyprotected by the guard-fingers thereof, are regularly-spaced metalclearing-rods 90, which are bent to extend at an angle to the cutter-barin the direction of the machine-frame and converge to the end-gate abovedescribed. The clearing-rods nearest the outer end of the cuttingmechanism terminate before reaching the drag-bar 66, but being formed ofspring metal maintain their proper positions without further support.

The longer clearing-rods 90, which extend to the end-gate, are supportedfrom the dragbar 66 by means of a series of supportingblades 91. Theseare angular in cross-section to provide base-'flanges 92, by which theymay be bolted or otherwise secured to the top of the drag-bars 66, fromwhich they extend at an angle corresponding to the angle of theclearing-rods which they support.

The supporting-blades 91 have their upper portions bearing against therear of the clearing-rods 90, and extending thereabove with inclinedfront edges and at intermediate portions thereof they have straighthorizontal portions 93, which pass obliquely beneath the clearing-rods90 and upon which the clearing-rods rest. From this'bearing portion 93they continueA in front of the clearingrods 90 with inclinedA edgesleading to sharpened points 94 their lower edges being slightly roundedto bear upon the ground at a short distance to the rear of their frontpoints 94.

From the foregoing it will be understood that in operation thedrive-shaft 41, being turned by the traction wheel 11 during the forwardmotion of the machine, imparts its rotation to the sprocket-wheel 42,which in turn, by means of the chain 43, drives the sprocket-wheel 29and the gearwheel 27, which is rigid therewith. The gear-wheel 27,meshing with the pinion 26, drives the shaft 17 to rotate the clearing-Wheels 21 and operate the chain conveyers 15. The speed at which thechain conveyers 15 move is greater than the speed of travel of themachine, so that the spurs 20 of the conveyer-chains will engage thelodged grain IOC IIS

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or vines and quickly draw them to the rear and upwardly with force tolift the ends of the grain or vines, carrying the heads or pods abovethe cutter mechanism, so that only their root ends will be cut and nonewill be passed over uncut. The clearing-lingers 22 lift the cut materialfrom the chain conveyers and the ordinary guard-fingers 19 and dischargeit in the rear of the cutting mechanism and upon the leading-rods 90.The forward motion' of the4 machine causes the stubble from which thegrain or vines have just been cut to engage with the grain or vines heldby the leading-rods 90 and hanging down therebetween and attempt to holdthis material stationary while the machine travels forward, but theangular position of the leading-rods 90 serves, in conjunction with thesaid tendency of the stubble to hold the material still, to deflect thematerial or cause it to move 'in a side direction until it is dischargedat the rear end of the deflecting-frame by passing off from the ends ofthe leading-rods, the end-gate being presumed to be in its open positionfor the present. Any cut material which escapes rods 90 will be guidedin the proper direction by means of the guide-board 58, and the resultwill be that the path over which the cutter-bar has just passed willbeleft free of cut material, and such material will be lined up in awindrow in the path which the drafthorses have just taken, and therebyleave a clear path for the horses for the next cut. In order to givesupport to the leading-rods 90 without forming a means for gathering cutmaterial, and thereby form an obstruction to the free passage of thefollowing material, the supporting-plates 91 are employed, and by theirmeans the leading-rods 90 are given rear support from the drag-bar 66,traveling on the ground. In event of material being caught between theleading-rods 90 and these supporting-plates 91 the nature of theirrelation is such that such material will bewedged under the leading-rods90,

' lifting them slightly at their free ends until the material has passedbetween the leadingrods and the supporting-plates, when saidleading-rods will again resume their normal positions upon thehorizontal surface of the supporting-plates. As seen in Fig. 2 of thedrawings, the leading-rods are slightly lower at their rear free endsthan they are at their front ends. When it is desired to leave the cutmaterial in compact piles instead of in a continuous windrow, theend-gate is left closed, so as to accumulate the cut material intheV-shaped pocket from Iby the rear end of the guide-board 58 with itsextension, board 76 thereabove and the end plate 77, and when suiiicientmaterial has been thus gathered the operator depresses the cranklever 86by pressing with his foot upon the foothold 87 to raise the end-gate andpermit the leadingthe pile of cut material to pass from theleading-rods. As soon as this is done the operators foot is removed fromthe cranklever and the gate permitted to close to accumulate anotherpile of cut material, when the operation is repeated. In turning cornersit is necessary that the cutting mechanism and the deflecting-frame,together with the leading-rods therein, should be raised from theground, and this I accomplish, notwithstanding the gearing connectionbetween the drive-shaft and the shaft 17, by simultaneously raising thecutter-bar upon the pivotal connection 13 in the usual manner andlifting the deilecting-frame by the operator placing his weight upon thefootholds of the two crank-levers 80 and 86, so that tho'drag-bar 66will be raised from the ground and lift with it the rear ends of theleading-rods and the rear end of the guideboard 58, the vfront end ofsaid guide-board being raised with the cutter-bar. The dragbar 66 ismore easily raised by means of the two crank-levers 80 and 86, operatedin conjunction, than would be the case if the cranklever 80 alone wererelied upon, for the crank-lever 86 helps by raising the end-gate. Inthe raising of the cutter-bar the gearing connection between the. shaft17 thereon and the drive-shaft does not interfere, for as the shaft 17is raised nearer to the plane of the drive-shaft 41 the distance betweenthe crank-pin 31 and the drive-shaft 41 is not diminished, but is keptconstant by the rod 40, and the crank-lever 32 is required to swingforward by turning its rock-shaft 33, the gear-wheel 27 remaining inmesh with the pinion 26 as the rock-shaft 33 is in axial alinement withthe shaft 17. The lowering of the cutter-bar of course requires thecrankarm 32 to swing back to its original position, so that thegear-wheel 27 is directly over the pinion 26, as shown in Fig. 2. Duringthe tilting operation of the cutter-bar the yoke end of rod 40 is causedto twist with relation to the other end thereof, and this is permittedby means of the turnbuckle 44.

What I claim as my invention is 1. In a harvester, a cutter-bar, aseries of leading-rods having connection with the cutter-bar andextending rearward and laterally at an angle thereto, a guide-boardconnected to the cutter-bar and also extending rearward and laterally atan angle thereto, and means connected with the guide-board andsupporting the rear ends of the leading-rods.

2. In a harvester, a cutter-bar, a series of leading-rods vhavingconnection therewith and extending rearward and laterally at an anglethereto, a guide-board connectedito the cutter-bar and also extendingrearward and 'laterally at an angle thereto, a means connecting theguide-board to the frame of the machine and serving to support the rearends of the leading-rods.

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3. In a harvester, a cutter-bar, leadingrods having connection therewithand extending rearward and laterally at an angle thereto, a guide-boardconnected with the cutter-bar and also extending rearward and laterallyat an angle thereto, a bar having connection with the frame of themachine and to the guide-board, and supportingplates carried by the baradapted to support the rear ends of the leading-rods.

4. In a harvester, a cutter-bar, leadingrods having connection therewithand extending rearward and laterally at an angle thereto, a guide-boardconnected to the cutter-bar and also extending rearward and laterally atan angle thereto, a bar connecting the guide-board with the frame of themachine, and supporting-plates mounted on the bar comprisingupwardly-extending blades having an inclined front edge with ahorizontal surface therein on which the leading-rods are adapted torest, said blades passing beneath the leading-rods and bracing themagainst lateral movement by the rear portions thereof bearing againstthe sides of the leading-rods.

5. In a harvester, a cutter-bar, leadingrods having connection therewithand extending rearward and laterally at an angle thereto, a guide-boardconnected to the cutter-bar and also extending rearward and laterally atan angle thereto, a bar connecting the guide-board to the framework ofthe machine, and supporting-blades on the bar adapted to support therear ends of the leading-rods, said supporting-blades each comprising aplate angular in cross-section and provided with an inclined uppersurface with a horizontal portion therein upon which the leading-rodrests, said horizontal portion extending obliquely beneath theleading-rod and the rear portion of the plate preventing lateralmovement of the leading-rod by bearing thereagainst while permitting ofa vertical movement of the leading-rod.

6. In a harvester, a cutter-bar, leadingrods having connection therewithand extending rearward and laterally at an angle thereto, a guide-boardconnected'to the cutter-bar and also extending rearward and laterally atan angle thereto, a bar connecting the guide-board to the Jframework ofthe machine, and a movable gate at the rear ends of the'leading-rodsadapted in its closed position to accumulate cut material deflected bythe leading-rods and the guide-board toward one side of the machine andwhen opened to discharge said material in a pile.

7 In a harvester, a cutter-bar, leadingrods having connection therewithand extending rearward and laterally at an angle thereto, a guide-boardconnected to the cutter-bar and also extending rearward and laterally atan angle thereto, a bar connecting the guide-board to the framework ofthe machine, and a gate pivotally mounted to the guide-board and the baradapted to accumulate cut material deflected thereto by the eading-rodsand the guide-board and to discharge same in a pile when opened.

8. In a harvester, a cutter-bar, leadingrods having connection therewithand extending rearward and laterally at an angle thereto, a guide-boardconnected to the cutter-bar and also extending rearward and laterally atan angle thereto, a bar connecting the guide-board to the framework ofthe machine, a gate pivoted to the guide-board and to the bar, and meansmounted on the framework of the machine for opening the gate.

9. In a harvester, a cutter-bar, leadingrods having connection therewithand extending rearward and laterally at an angle thereto, a guide-boardconnected to the cutter-bar and also extending rearward and laterally atan angle thereto, a bar connecting the guide-board to the framework ofthe machine, a bracket on the bar, a gate pivotally mounted on theguide-board and the bracket, a bracket mounted on the framework of themachine, a crank journaled therein, and a link connecting the crank withthe gate.

10. ln a harvester, a cutter-bar, leadingrods having connectiontherewith and extending rearward and laterally at an angle thereto, aguide-board pivotally connected to the cutter-bar and also extendingrearward and laterally at an angle thereto, a bracket secured to theframework of the machine, a drag-bar pivotally connected thereto andhaving connection with the guide-board, a crank journaled in thebracket, and a link connecting the crank with the drag-bar, whereby therear end of the dellector-frame formed by the guide-board and thedrag-bar may be raised.

11. In a harvester, a cutter-bar, leadingrods having connectiontherewith and extending rearward and laterally at an angle thereto, aguide-board pivotally connected to the cutter-bar and also extendingrearward and laterally at an angle thereto, a bracket secured to theframework of the machine, a drag-bar having a slotted pivotal connectiontherewith and connected to the guide-board, a crank journaled on thebracket, a link connecting the crank to the drag-bar whereby when thecrank is operated the deflectorframe formed by the guide-board and thedrag-bar will be swung upon the pivotal connections of these parts, aswinging gate pivoted to the guide-board and to the drag-bar, a secondcrank journaled in the bracket, and a link connecting it to the swinginggate whereby when the second crank is operated the gate will be swung onits pivotal connections.

12. In a harvester, a cutter-bar, leadingrods connected therewith andextending rearward and laterally at an angle thereto,

a guide-board pivotally connected to they Vplate and a side boardforming an upward extension of the guide-board, a second crank pivotedto the bracket, a link connecting it to the gate, and a springconnecting the second crank with the drag-bar.

' 13. In a harvester, a cutter-bar, leadingrods having connectiontherewith and extending rearward and laterally at an angle thereto, aguide-board having pivotal connection with the cutter-bar, a bracketsecured to the framework of the machine, a drag-bar having a slottedpivotal connection with the bracket whereby it may remain in contactwith the ground during the operation of the machine, said drag-bar beingconnected to the rear end of the guide-board, a bracket on the drag-bar,a gate comprising V-shaped side frames pivoted to the guide-boardand tothe bracket of the drag-bar and an end plate and a side board forming anextension of the guide-board, a brace connecting the members of the sideframe pivoted to the bracket on the drag-bar, a crank j ournaled in thebracket secured to the framework of the machine, a link connecting saidcrank with the bracket on the drag-bar, a second crank journaled in thebracket secured to the framework of the machine, a link connecting saidsecond crank to the brace, and coil-springs connecting the two crankswith the drag-bar, the link connections between the cranks and the gateand drag-bar respectively being so arranged that the leverage of thesecranks is greater at the start of their operation than at the finish,and said cranks having their ends forming footholds extending paralleland in close relation to each other and the foothold of the gate-openingcrank extending beyond the foothold of the other crank, whereby both maybe operated simultaneously or the gate-opening crank may be operatedsingly.

14. In a harvester, a cutter-bar having pivotal connection with theframework of the machine, a shaft journaled thereon, a grainengagingmeans driven by the shaft, a pinion having connection with the shaft, acrank having its shaft in axial alinement with the pinion, a gearewheelmounted on the crank and meshing with the pinion, a sprocketwheel inconnection with the gear-wheel, a sprocket-wheel driven from thedrive-shaft of the machine, a rod having pivotal connection concentricwith the sprocket wheel driven by the drive-shaft of the machine andhaving a yoked connection with the crank, said rod having a turnbucklebetween its ends whereby one end thereof may be turned irrespective ofthe other end, the crank being caused to swing by means of the rodwithout effecting the driving connections for the shaft when thecutter-bar is swung on its pivotal connection, leading-rods havingconnection with the cutter-bar and extending rearward and laterally atan angle thereto, a guide-board having pivotal connection with the outerend of the cutter-bar, a bracket secured to the framework of themachine, a drag-bar having a slotted pivotal connection to the bracketand connected to the rear end of the guide-board, a crank journaled inthe bracket, and a link connecting the crank to the drag-bar, wherebywhen the crank is operated the defiector -frame formed by the drag-barand the guide-board are swung upon the pivotal connections of theseparts to raise the rear ends of the leading-rods from the ground, whilethe front ends of said leading-rods are being raised from the ground bythe swinging of the cutter-bar on its pivotal connection.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK HAMACHEK.

